This is 's completed commission one of two, this one of a full sized redux of his family crest. The actual design is a normal B&W like the rest of my designs but last night I was bored and feeling adventurous so opened this up in Photoshop and went to town.

I'm immensely fond of this antiqued version so that's what is getting uploaded to DevART.

Please do not copy, trace, alter, or redistribute this anywhere in any way, shape, or form!

This design was created specifically for the commissioner's use only. If you would like a design custom created for you, drop me a note or see my FAQ journal entry here: [link] if you need more info.

Oooh! Adenturous indeed! It looks really good (I agree that the antiqued version suits it best), though I would darken the watermarks slightly, and maybe drop the "do not reuse" down a bit, otherwise it'll be easily cropped out. Just my two cents!

You know, instead of changing the opacity, you should try what I do. Take your font or watermark image, add a bevel and emboss to it (on the Layers window thing, hit the little FX at the bottom (with the layer you want to add the effect to highlighted), then bevel and emboss. Just click okay on the window that pops up), then instead of changing the opacity, change the fill to 0%. What this will do is remove the font color, but leave the bevel. Your words are still visible, but they dont block the image as much.

[link] - just to show you how it would come out. This is one of my pieces that I did that with for the ACWN 2011